I have never been a big Happy Mondays or a Black Grape fan really but recently a friend of mine who I work with loaned me a…
Books
DOCUMENTING 2012 INTO IT. OVER IT. U.S.TOUR ON JUNE 25 VIDEO FOOTAGE FROM THE TOUR NOW POSTED ON GREEN VANS WEBSIT Topshelf Records will be releasing…
Limited edition book PUNK+ launches 25 April 2013 The revolution of the late 1970’s more commonly know as Punk spawned a blitz of good music, fashion, design…
The Lyrics of Kele Okereke Book published: 4 March 2013 March 4th sees the publication of “The Lyrics of Kele Okereke’ by The Lyric Book Company as…
Few bands or individuals in the history of rock`n`roll have changed the shape of everything that followed in quite the same way as The Ramones - true…
Spring brings a breath of fresh air, new starts, and great reads. These are the season's can't-miss book club picks. Start spring off strong with a new…
A book about Primal Scream was always going to be a right old romp. The band themselves literally wrote the story as they went along; drugs, revolution,…
Despite the recent crop of books covering the history of reggae from myriad angles, there are many reasons to purchase ‘Solid Foundation’ by David Katz. Katz’s first…
In 1995 Simply Red’s ‘Fairground’ kept Pulp’s double A-side, ‘Sorted For Es And Wizz/Misshapes’, off the number one slot. Can anyone remember what Fairground sounded like? No…
Pelecanos has been described as ‘the coolest writer in America’ and, given that even before he picked up a biro in anger his CV included producing the…
I find it really difficult to take any kind of ‘formality’ attached to cannabis seriously. Drugs are one of those things that you learn about through clandestine…
Given that the Banshees’, as Goth progenitors, are ultimately responsible for Marilyn Manson, they’re an easy band to dislike. Easy, but unfair - their original and challenging…
“A riddle wrapped inside a mystery inside an enigma”- Churchill was talking about Russian foreign policy in 1939 but he could just as well have been describing…